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Working Zingers: Work as the World Cup

June 26, 2010 by David Zinger 5 Comments

GGGGGooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll.

If our work was World Cup Football

we would feel the crowds around us

be able to wither in pain when our proposal is rejected

get yellow cards for stealing someone’s lunch out of the fridge

and a red card for stealing someone’s brilliant quality improvement idea.

We would not receive a golden handshake

but someone would get the golden boot.

We could kick up a fuss and run like mad inside the field

as announcers commented on our lack of engagement

while our every move was debated

and instantly displayed on replay monitors around the world.

And we would be given a few extra minutes to work before lunch

or at the end of the day to make up for the time we wasted

pointing fingers of blame and lamenting our fate.

Of course nobody would hear us above the roar of the crowd

or the amplified hive-like buzz of the vuvuzelas.

From a distance you would notice that

most of us would just be watching

while only a few people pitched in.

Of course this is not time for poetry

I must head to the closest television to watch Maradona’s

flamboyant coaching of  Argentina

while I shudder to think of him running naked in Buenos Aires.

Ja Yebo

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David Zinger, M.Ed., helps organizations and individuals improve engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2600 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s website offers you  1100 posts/articles on the engagement reaching  over 1,000,000 page views in the first 4 months of 2010.

Contact David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com

Filed Under: Employee Engagement, Working Poems, Working Poems - Zingers

Comments

  1. J.D. Meier says

    June 28, 2010 at 12:45 am

    I always like the simplicity + depth of your visuals. You have a way with models … and models are the key to turning insight into action.

  2. David Zinger says

    June 28, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    Thanks J.D.
    I think the models and images are very important. Glad you appreciate them. Have been very busy and looking forward to more time online in July.
    David

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